Re: [docbook] PDF Transformation and Tables

You could try the dbfo processing instruction described here:

http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/Tables.html#TableWidth

But I'm not sure that works in pdfxmltex.  I think you might have to set
column widths that add up to the total width you desire.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ruth Ivimey-Cook" <>
To: "Bob Stayton" <>
Cc: "Ruth Ivimey-Cook" <>;
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Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 2:32 AM
Subject: Re: [docbook] PDF Transformation and Tables


> On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 14:30 -0800, Bob Stayton wrote:
> > I believe xmlto uses pdfxmltex, not FOP, to generate PDF.  So I don't
think
> > it is the same problem.  pdfxmltex pretty much requires that you set
column
> > widths on your tables.
>
> You're right. I went and checked, and in /usr/share/xmlto/format/fo/pdf
> I found the invocation of pdfxmltex.
>
> I don't know how to set the width on the table, though. Is some sort of
> XInclude statement required?
>
> Ruth
>
> -- 
> Ruth Ivimey-Cook <>
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